Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
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Dear couple that wanted to buy my house,.
Good luck to you finding a place in your low price range that doesn't have problems. Foreclosed houses are going to have even more problems and competition with those homes is the only reason I had to come down in price. If you think you're going to get a home with all new everything in an established neighborhood for cheap - you have another lesson to learn. Hope you like living in an apartment.
Yep. Some see foreclosed/short sales as the way to get homes cheap but many of those homes get trashed when or after their owners walk away.

Realtor friends of mine tell tales of owners or others who broke in taking everything that's not nailed down and some that is to sell.

Foreclosed and short sales are sold as is.

If you're handy with a hammer and saw you might get a huge deal.

Slowly I think buyers are learning it's better to look for the much-loved home which is not a short sale. You might pay more but will not have to do as much work.